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The Halloween Tree (film)
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Production company	Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
Distributor	Turner Entertainment
Release date	October 2, 1993
Run time	1:09:25
Starring	Leonard Nimoy
Narrated by	Ray Bradbury
Executive producer(s)	David Kirschner
Music composed by	John Debney
Screenplay by	Ray Bradbury
Director(s)	Mario Piluso; Gordon Hunt (voices); Kris Zimmerman (voices)
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Revision as of 10:22, 19 January 2024

The Halloween Tree is an American animated fantasy television film for Halloween. It aired on October 2, 1993 on CBS. It was adapted from the 1972 novel of the same name, both written by Ray Bradbury, directed by Mario Piluso, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt and Kris Zimmerman.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Ray Bradbury
Jenny's mother (voice only)	Unavailable
Jenny	Annie Barker
Ralph	Alex Greenwald
Ralph's mother
Ralph's father	Mark Taylor
Wally	Andrew Keegan
Tom Skeleton	Edan Gross
Pip Pipkin	Kevin Michaels
Mr. Pipkin	N/A
Mrs. Pipkin	N/A
Mr. Moundshroud	Leonard Nimoy
Granddaughter	Unavailable
Witches	Unavailable
Zombies	Unavailable

Organizations

Di'a Demuertos (mentioned)
Vuz de Mexico (mentioned)

Locations

Earth
- Midwestern United States
  - Jenny's residence
  - Ralph's residence
  - Wally's residence
  - Skeleton residence
  - Pipkin residence
  - Moundshroud residence
- Arctic (mentioned)
- Africa
  - Egypt
- France
  - Paris
    - Notre Dame
- Mexico
The Moon

Objects

Jenny's bike
Flying broomsticks
Di'a Demuertos newspaper
Vuz de Mexico newspaper

Vehicles

Ambulance

Production

Development

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1993.

Music

The music was composed by John Debney. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler. The music editor was Kim Naves, and the scoring mixer was Murray McFadden.

Crew credits

Executive producer: David Kirschner
Co-executive producer: Mark Young
Associate producer: Kunio Shimamura
Art director: Al Gmuer
Unit production coordinator: Tori Pollock
Storyboard directors: Gary Graham, Dick Sebast
Additional sequences: Sherilan Weinhart
Animation directors: Robert Alvarez, Emory Myrick, Marlene Robinson-May, Karen Peterson, Michel Richon, Woody Yokum
Track reader: Jim Hearn
Casting director: Kris Zimmerman
Talent coordinator: Jill Ziegenhagen
Supervising recording engineer: Edwin Collins
Recording engineer: Alvy Dorman
Designers: Virginia Hawes, George Goodchild, Mario Williams, Marcus Nickerson
Additional designers: Roger Chiasson, Karenia Kamenski, Bob Tyler
Design assistants: Dana Jo Granger, Donna Zeller
Background layout key designers: James Alles, Ron Roesch, Dean Thompson, Joe Binggeli
Background supervisors: Craig Robertson, Jerry Loveland
Additional background designer: Leonard Robledo
Ink and paint supervisor: Alison Leopold
Color key animator: Suzette Darling
Xerographist: Star Wirth
Graphics artist: Tom Wogatzke
Animation checking supervisor: Jan Adams
Animation checker: Beth Goodwin
Technical director: Jerry Mills
Camera operators: Steve Mills, Neil Viker, James Keefer, Robert Jacobs
Post production supervisor: Tom Gleason
Supervisor editor: Michelle Douglas
Editor: Gil Iverson
Post production coordinator: Jeannine Roussel
Sound effects supervisor: Joel Valentine
Additional group ADR: Cynthia Daly
Telecine colorist: Trent Johnson
Re-recording mixers: Chris Jenkins, Mark Smith, Adam Jenkins, Elmo Ponsdomenech
Negative consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
Production executive: Catherine Winder
Program executive: Joey Every
Production supervisor: Debby Hindman
Production assistants: Sandy Benenanti, Valerie Menk, Linda Moore, Gail Prewitt
Animation service: Fil-Cartoons
- Overseas production supervisor: Jerry Smith
- Overseas layout supervisor: Margaret Parkes
- Overseas animation director: Chris Cuddington

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: October 2, 1993 at 8:30 pm on CBS

Behind the scenes

Ray Bradbury provided audio commentary on LaserDisc releases of the film.

Errors

Marketing and promotion

Critical reception

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient	Result
Daytime Emmy Awards	1994	Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program	Ray Bradbury	Won
Daytime Emmy Awards	1994	Outstanding Animated Program	David Kirschner Mark Young Mario Piluso	Nominated

Home availability

In the United States:
- September 14, 1994: Turner Home Entertainment releases The Halloween Tree on VHS.
- August 29, 1995: Turner Home Entertainment releases The Halloween Tree on VHS.
- October 18, 1995: Image Entertainment releases The Halloween Tree on LaserDisc.
- September 10, 1996: Turner Home Entertainment releases The Halloween Tree on VHS.

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